MR. MAC NEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland whether Father M'Fadden and the other prisoners, who have been committed for trial on the charge of the wilful murder of District Inspector Martin, will in ordinary course be tried at the next Assizes; whether as these Assizes will not be held for a period of four months from this date, the prisoners will be kept in custody during all this period; and whether it is the intention of the Government to change the venue in this case under the provisions of the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, which empower the Crown to change the place of trial from the 1577 county in which the crime is alleged to have taken place to any other county in Ireland?
§ MR. MADDENIn my reply to a former question I gave all the information in my possession on the subject of the question of the hon. and learned Gentleman. As regards the last paragraph, I may state that the depositions and proceedings in the case will be laid before the Attorney General, who will take the course which, in the exercise of his discretion, he deems to be right in this matter.